New York’s Museum of Modern Art has added Cyan World’s groundbreaking game Myst to a collection of significant, artistic videogames. The MoMA game collection, at www.moma.org, is the start of an evolving exhibit expected to grow to around 40 major games. The full list of…
Just in time for the holidays, we spotted a nice Friday afternoon pop for Coldwater Creek's stock price, on the Nasdaq. A few months ago the company had to do a reverse-split to keep the price per share above $1. When it did that, its…
Sometime next month, workers at Avista Utilities have a choice to make. The company is looking to help incentivize workers to leave the utility, in order to cut something like $14 million from next year's operating budget. Our first story on this offer is here.…
Spokane's Coffman Engineers, Inc. is ranked 59 out of 100 on The Zweig Letter's “2012 Hot Firm List.” The Zweig list tries to identify the 100 fastest growing architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental consulting firms in the United States and Canada. The rankings are based…
Sandpoint women's clothing retailer Coldwater Creek did an interesting thing on Wednesday. It appointed a woman as the next CEO. The women's apparel retailer said its co-founder and CEO Dennis Pence will retire at the end of 2012. Jill Brown Dean, the current president and…
Michael Edwards, who was CEO of the Downtown Spokane Partnership before taking a similar job in Pittsburgh, will become the head economic development director for Chicago's downtown Loop district. Edwards will be the executive director of the Chicago Loop Alliance, Edwards, 53, will be charge…
TierPoint, the Liberty Lake-based data center and hosting service originally launched by tech guru Bernard Daines, got a little recognition this month. It was named the Fortinet 2012 VIP Partner of the Year for North America. A press release noted the award is for outstanding…
On Monday Itron Inc. announced that Philip Mezey, who's been at Itron since 2003, will step into the CEO and president's role at the end of the year. He's taking over for LeRoy Nosbaum, who is retiring for the second time in three years. Nosbaum…
Spokane Airport CEO Larry Krauter is the next speaker for the Nov. 27 Executive Connect Breakfast. The session starts at 7:30 and runs till 9 a.m. at the Spokane Club. Spokane International Airport, at 4,800 acres, is the second largest airport in Washington. The airport…
Spokane County will postpone its first online auction of tax-delinquent properties until March. In an effort to help more people bid on the properties, the county announced the first online auction for Dec. 3-4. The auction will be for about 100 properties for which taxes…
About 20 months ago Itron (based in Liberty Lake) announced Malcolm Unsworth would take over as CEO from longtime top guy LeRoy Nosbaum. That didn't last too long. In September 2011 the company board brought back Nosbaum and asked him to right the ship. Nosbaum…
So the retail season has a little drama developing this week. It's the increasing concern by some parts of the business world that stores that open on Thanksgiving are turning into Scrooge, forcing employees to give up one of the entitled holidays most Americans enjoy.…
Yes, we favor small business and local small shopping over chain shopping. But since that's not everyone's choice, we'll offer up an infographic produced by Mint that alleges to be the Commandments of Black Friday.
As the holiday shopping season looms, let's look local: Starting on Thanksgiving, Spokane city meters will be a little less costly. Parking is free all-day on Thanksgiving, then through Jan. 1, the city is cutting us a break, requiring meters to be plugged through 5…
View Larger Map Physical Therapy Associates has completed its move into new offices at 2507 E. 27th on Spokane’s South Hill. The company has operated for more than 20 years at an office on South Grand Blvd. The move, to a clinic with 9,200 square…
Who is the guy at the controls of the excavator tearing up the old Cyrus O'Leary's restaurant in downtown Spokane? It's Louis (Louie) Ray. The owner of Ray's Demolition has been there before. Read the story in Thursday's Spokesman-Review. Photo by COLIN MULVANY
Back in June this year Silicon Valley input-interface company Synaptics Inc. acquired North Idaho startup Pacinian. The company has designed very thin and very responsive keypads and input devices. At the time the purchase price wasn't disclosed. The latest Synaptics 10-Q lists the price as…
Marketing works. But how best to market in a digital world? GSI is looking for ways to help area business owners answer the question. Later this week -- Thursday -- it's hosting a session termed "Online Marketing, Taking the Next Step." The three hour BizStreet…
View Larger Map Anyone out there want to buy the old YWCA building downtown, across from the Ridpath? Circle Dec. 3 and Dec. 4 on your calendars. Those are Spokane County's first delinquent-tax property auction, done entirely online instead of at the courthouse. Our earlier…
Spokane's waste-to-recycled products industry has been a little slow to catch up with the rest of the country. But it is evolving. Spokane and surrounding communities like Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake and Post Falls have recently opted into the expanded recycling program launched recently by…
Lots of folk hereabouts are excited about the new Total Wine store, on Newport Highway in north Spokane. Those who aren't are probably working at Costco. The gigantic Total Wine operation is the gorilla that Costco should have seen coming when Costco spent millions in…
Friday's a short snow day at Office Hours. So, do you love your new Blue Cart, the 62-gallon containers area cities are giving residents to recycle more of their household stuff? You can learn more about what happens to all that stuff when it gets…
About 100 parcels or buildings are scheduled to be auctioned off Dec. 3-4 in the first-ever Spokane County online auction. The county sells off properties that have a three-year backlog of unpaid taxes, fees and interest. But usually those have happened at live auctions at…
View Larger Map Today marks the soft opening of Central Food, the new eatery in Kendall Yards. Central Food is the only current eatery in Kendall Yards, the large mixed-use development on the north side of the Spokane River west of the Monroe Street Bridge.…
The young folks are happy now that Spokane Valley got an H&M store. Big news there. Now the rest of the Inland Northwest gets something to celebrate: the opening on Wednesday of the new Dick's Sporting Goods store. Why is this big? Dick's (we didn't…
The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
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